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. 2011 May 4;11(5):4899–4916. doi: 10.3390/s110504899

Table 1.

MOS Sensor Array of PEN2 and their main application.

No. in array Sensor name Description Reference
1 W1A-aromatic Aromatic compound Toluene, 10 mg/kg
2 W5B-broadrange Broad range sensitivity reacts to nitrogen oxides and ozone very sensitive with negative signal NO2, 10 mg/kg
3 W3A-aromatic Ammonia, used as sensor for aromatic compounds Benzene, 10 mg/kg
4 W6B-hydrogen Mainly hydrogen, selectively (breath gases) H2, 100 mg/kg
5 W5A-arom-aliph Alkanes, aromatic compounds, less polar compounds Propane, 1 mg/kg
6 W1B-broad-methane Sensitive to methane (environment) ca. 10 mg/kg Broad range, similar to No. 8 CH4, 100 mg/kg
7 W1C-sulphur-organic Reacts on sulphur compounds H2S 0.1 mg/kg. Otherwise sensitive to many terpenes and sulphur organic compounds, which are important for smell, limonene, pyrazine. H2S, 1 mg/kg
8 W2B-broad-alcohol Detects alcohols, partially aromatic compounds, broad range CO, 100 mg/kg
9 W2C-sulphur-chlor Aromatics compounds, sulphur organic compounds H2S, 1 mg/kg
10 W3B-methane-aliph Reacts on high concentrations >100 mg/kg, sometimes very selective (methane) CH4, 10 mg/kg